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It's getting close to my favorite time of year. We'll soon be getting the patio furniture out and firing up the grill for another summer of entertaining friends and family. Scroll down to check out our favorite easy barbecue and cook out recipes!
Today you can get fresh green beans any time of year so when you're coming
up with your Thanksgiving
Dinner Menu and your Christmas
Dinner Menu don't forget to try our fabulous green bean recipes
listed below, they would make fabulous side dishes for your holiday meals.
We've also added some romantic
dinner recipe ideas for Valentine's Day or or a very special
birthday or anniversary.
Try
Some of our Tasty & Easy Green Bean Recipes
Blanched Green Beans
Fried Green Beans
Green Beans a'la Waterman's
Green Beans Almondine
Green Beans Almondine (with a hint of lemon)
Green Beans Almondine (with an Asian flair)
Green Beans Almondine (with mushrooms)
Green Bean Casserole (Campbell's)
Green Bean Casserole (Cook's Illustrated)
Green Beans in Sour Cream & Tomato Sauce
Green Bean Salad
Green Bean Salad, Provencal
Green Beans with Ginger Butter
Green Beans with Shallots
Greek Green Beans
Greek Potatoes and Green Beans
Italian Green Beans (St. Anna Beans)
Oven Roasted Green Beans
Pears with Green Beans & Bacon
Sesame & Portobello Green Beans
Stir-Fried Green Beans with Pork & Chilies
Sweet & Sour Green Beans
Easy
BBQ & Cookout Recipes
Angel Hair Pasta with Sun Dried Tomatoes
Baked Beans with Maple Syrup
Broccoli Salad
Grilled Corn on the Cob
Grilled Lamb Shoulder with Honey
Grilled Swordfish Steaks with Soy Sauce
How to Season and Grill the Perfect Hamburger
New Potatoes with Peas & Mint
Patriotic Potato Salad
Strawberry Spinach Salad
Valentine's
Day & Romantic Dinner Ideas & Recipes
Asparagus with Orange, Ginger and Sesame Oil
Bernaise
Sauce
Chicken
Divan from Gourmet Magazine
Chino Carrot and Ginger Soup
Fresh Fruit with Honey Vanilla Mascarpone
Oyster in the Patty Shell
Red Velvet Cake/Buttercream
Frosting
Shrimp, Mussel and Scallop Orechiette
Pasta
Steak,The Perfect Romantic Steak Dinner
Our
Favorite Christmas Recipes
Apricot
& Bourbon Pork Tenderloin
Baked French Toast Casserole (Paula Deen)
Crumb Cake
Dad's Sweet Stuffed Dates
Egg & Sausage Scramble
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Grand Marnier French Toast
Leg of Lamb, Creme de menthe
Mrs. Field's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pineapple Glazed Ham
Red Velvet Cake & Butter Cream Icing
Our
Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes
Bourbon
Cranberry Sauce
Campbell's Green
Bean Casserole
Fresh
Cranberry Orange Compote
Homemade Turkey Broth
Madeira Gravy
Pearl Onions au Gratin
Sage, Sausage and Apple Stuffing
Tips on Cooking a Turkey
We're all about the greenbeans.
There is nothing that can quite match the taste of farm fresh green beans. Sure, the prep time is a bit longer than if you were opening a can or using a bag out of the freezer, but it's a real treat and one I like to take advantage of since the season only lasts for a few months of the year. I think it's a joy to cook with the freshest ingredients I can find.
How
to choose and store fresh green beans.
Buy the freshest and plumpest beans you can find. If they're limp, they're
not fresh. When you break them they should have an unmistakable fresh
"snap" to them. When you bring your fresh green beans home don't
wash them. This can cause them to develop black spot and spoil. They will
keep in the crisper drawer in your refrigerator for three to four days
with no problem. Don't wash them until you're ready to cook them. When
you're ready to use them run them under cold running water to rinse any
dirt off and drain them.
We hope that you'll enjoy these tried and true green bean recipes, and
that you'll check back with us often as we add to our recipe database.
We have a wide variety of recipes, from classics like green beans almondine
and Campbell's green bean casserole, to new recipes such as green beans
a'la Waterman's. We're proud of our variety of ethnic green bean recipes.
You'll be amazed how easy and how tasty these recipes are. Try our Greek
Green Beans, green beans slowly simmered with onions, garlic and tomatoes,
or the German recipe of Pears with Green Beans & Bacon, a fabulous
sweet and sour recipe featuring fresh ripe pears. Try our Russian green
beans in sour cream and tomato sauce another great recipe guaranteed to
"wow" all your family and friends.
Cooking fresh green beans.
Before you decide how to cook your green beans consider their age. Very young and tender green beans, or what are true "haricots verts" should be used in recipes where blanching is all that is called for. More mature green beans can handle longer cooking times.
Snip the very ends
of the beans off, about 1/4 inch. Now, decide how long you want your beans.
I usually cut my beans about 1 1/2 inches long. Sometimes, if I have an
unusually nice batch I may leave them whole, they may be up to 4 inches
long, it really is a lovely presentation.
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Sesame and portobello green bean recipe
One of the wonderful things about fresh green beans is that you can add just one or two ingredients and have a fantastic dish. When you're choosing green bean recipes it's important to consider the type of green beans that you have. More mature green beans are best suited for recipes where they'll be boiled or simmered for long periods of time. .
Green Bean Salad
A recipe from my great-grandmother. This is a recipe that's always been a favorite of my Mom's. She's of German heritage and said that she learned it from her Grandmother. For this recipe you'll want to cook the beans until they are tender, but still slightly firm. Green Bean Salad Cut the ends off of one pound of green beans and then cut them into 2 inch lengths. Drop them into boiling water and cook them uncovered for 10-15 minutes. .
Thanksgiving Dinner
Last Thanksgiving was the first Thanksgiving meal I've ever cooked, at the tender age of 48. I'd always had a parent's house to go to, or a friends house, or had gone to a restaurant/buffet for Thanksgiving with friends. I am now married and between my mother-in-law, my sister-in-law and myself we decided that I'd be responsible for Thanksgiving dinner. Luckily there are only eight of us.
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